Ticket.



11. W. HARGIS.

TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAILI'I, 1910.

Patented May 16, 191 1.

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TICKET. APPLICATION FILED MAB..17, 1910.

Patented May 16, 1911.

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To all whom it may concern:

HARRY WARREN HARGIS, 0F MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA.

TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Miay 16, 1911.

Application filed March 17, 1910. Serial No. 550,030.

Be it known that I, HARRY W. HARGIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monroe, in the county of Union and State of North Carolina,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tickets, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tickets, and the object ofmyinvention is the provision of a ticket especially adapted for use inconnection with my improved ticket cutter described in my co-pendingapplication of even date, the object of the inven-' tion being furtherto provide an improved ticket printed on a roll which will permit of thevery rapid auditing of the agents accounts at any time and will preventthe agent from helping himself to tickets. without at that time payingfor them or making himself directly liable for the payment therefor andwhich will provide an extremely satisfactory method of checking up theaccounts where two or more shifts of agents are employed, making itpossible to determine exactly who sells any certain ticket, all thisbeing done not at a sacrifice of speed in selling the tickets, but bythe use of my improved cutter, at a more rapid rate than is nowpossible.

To attain the desired objects, my inven tion consists in a ticketembodying novel features of construction and combination and arrangementof parts for service substantially as described and as illustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a roll of tickets as furnishedto the agent. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the passengers coupondetached,and, Fig. 3 represents a fragmentary plan view of the lowerportion of my ticket. Fig. 4: is a view of a round trip ticket.

In the drawings, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in the several views, the letter A designates theroll upon which my t ckets are wound, said roll having an opening B toreceive the axle of my cutter. Wound on the roll is my improved ticketshown best in Fig. 3, said ticket consisting of the auditors strip C andthe series of passenger coupons D bearing consecutive numbers, sa1d twoportions C and D being integrally formed and the portion of the auditorsstrip opposite each coupon bearing the designation and starting point ofand the same number as the ticket, while the auditors strip is providedat the lower end with an extension E adapted to project from the cutterwhen the first ticket is in position to be cut and serving to draw theticket into position for cutting the second coupon therefrom.

In practice, I prefer to mount the strip of tickets upon a roll A asshown in Fig. l, and after the number of the tickets has been taken, Ipass around said roll of tickets a cord or like connection F and sealthe ends thereof and secure it upon the roll by a seal G, as shown inFig. 1. A great advantage is gained by this structure and arrangement,in that it renders it impossible for the agent or other person who mayhave access to the tickets to unroll the same and clip off the lastticket and then roll the same up again, thinking in this manner to for atime at least escape detection of the theft or else to claim adeficiency in the number of tickets when this ones position is reached.This method of sealing the rolls of tickets is also of great advantagein auditing the accounts of the agent, inasmuch as it is necessarymerely to' examine the seal to see if it is in good shape and untamperedwith and count the number of rolls which the agent has instead ofrendering it necessary to 6X amine each roll to see if it is perfect asis otherwise necessary.

I am aware that it is old to provide a ticket embodying a passengercoupon and a portion .to be turned in to the auditor and I therefore donot desire to protect that idea in my patent, but the use of this tickethas heretofore been restricted to single tickets, and it requiresconsiderable time to prepare and give out these tickets, since it isnecessary to both tear the two portions apart and stamp them to indicatethe time of sale, while with my improved ticket but one operation ofstamping is necessary that of stamping the ticket, as the coupon remainsin the strip and can be attended to at leisure. In using my ticket, atthe end of the agents shift, to keep account of the tickets sold by himduring the day, he may either tear ofl the auditors coupon and send inthe same or leave it intact until the entire ticket roll is exhausted,but in either case, to prevent any suspicion from being held against thewrong person in the case of one of two agents being dishonest and toprovide a certain check at all times, I provide on the auditors stripopposite each coupon a pair of lines I-I adapted to receive the agentssignatures, when changing agents, the agent who is leaving placing hissignature on the upper line of the portion of the strip opposite thelast coupon sold while the other agent places his signature thereunderas a certificate of the correctness thereof, the signatures being placedin reverse position on the strip portion of the lowest complete ticketon the roll.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings,the construction and method of using my ticket will be readilyunderstood and its advantages be fully appreciated, and it will be seenthat I provide a ticket which will expedite both the selling of thetickets and the checking over of accounts, which will absolutely preventfraud in the sale of the tickets, which will show definitely and withoutchance of error who is responsible for the sale of any certain ticket,and which will prevent the undetected theft of tickets from the roll.

In the modified form of my ticket best shown in Figlinstead of asingletrip ticket I provide a round trip ticket, said ticket being made ofdouble the width of a single trip ticket and having an auditors strip oneach side and being adapted to be folded along its middle to cause theauditors strips to correspond and the ticket to present the appearanceof a single ticket, when out the two auditors strips remaining while thedoubled round trip ticket is received by the passenger and later dividedby the conductor, thus providing a quickly sold round trip ticket withan auditors strip for checking up each portion thereof.

I claim:

1. A ticket roll, comprising a core, a strip wound thereon bearingconfigurations for indicating the tickets and the lines upon which theroll is to be cut to separate the individual tickets therefrom, a blanktab formed on one end of the strip, a cord passing around the roll, anda seal carried by the tab and securing the endsof the cord to prcventalteration of the roll.

2. A ticket roll comprising a core, a strip wound thereon bearingconfigurations arranged 'in parallel relation to provide a passengerticket and an auditing ticket, a blank tab at the free end of the strip,means connected to said roll for securing the roll, and a seal engagingthe securing means to prevent alteration of the roll.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY WARREN HARGIS. Witnesses:

W. C. VVoLFE, J. REMOR, Sr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G.

